I believe this theory is the most likely explanation. For dramatic purposes, the edit might have made it look like more of a blindside than it was. Maybe *everybody* but Scot, Kylo Jason, and Nick knew something big was going down, but the new majority might not have trusted Tai with the truth. So maybe they told him…

One of the reasons the show sticks around and continues to be entertaining is because among the newer players there are fewer quitters, and because they have learned to be totally ruthless and stop spouting all that "honor" and "integrity" bullshit, as some of them may have still been doing when you last watched the…

Way to go, Indonesian government. You can't even look less arrogant than *Leonardo DiCaprio* for fuck's sake.

That's what I was wondering. The actors are great, but I had to give up after episode five or so because the writing was a mess. It seemed like it couldn't figure out if it wanted to be a more realistic cop show where the criminals are a bunch of dumb mooks (as they usually are in reality) or if killers should be…

Though I'm not too keen on this show's writing, and I normally don't like shows filmed in L.A., I have to admit, Bosch possibly makes the best use of L.A. I've ever seen in a TV show. They seem to be using a lot of cool locations I've never seen before.

I shouldn't have phrased it that way, and I was wildly oversimplifying, but I don't think we're going to agree on this point that it's simply a difference between critics and audiences. It's much more complex. A better way to explain it is that Cinemascore audience are often rating a film based on what they were…

Everyone should keep in mind that Cinemascore grades tend to be extremely lenient. Getting a B grade from Cinemascore is, uh, not really that great. That's something like a C in the real world.

Liked for your reference to the best print issue of The Onion ever produced, the Yu Wan Mei Fish Time special issue, in which T. Herman Zweibel sold The Onion to a Chinese fish cloaca corporation:
http://www.theonion.com/art…

Each ticket matters. It's not too late for them to change direction. I really think if somebody else had directed it and the reviews had been stronger, the movie could have broken a lot more records and maybe come close to the biggest opening weekend of all time. But it doesn't matter quite as much on opening weekend…

I was a little kid and that scene gave me nightmares! Looking back on it now, they could have really had something there if they'd made that the focus of more of the movie. Why was it just kind of abruptly tacked on to the end? An evil AI controlling some scary cyborgs would've made a much more compelling villain…

So you're going to buy a ticket to this and give them your money? That'll absolutely guarantee a grimdark tweaking speed freak Flash. If you want somebody to stop doing something, don't give them money to do it. I mean, at least buy a ticket to a different movie and then sneak into BvS instead so that Snyder doesn't…

Unless you're already accustomed to cheap British television of the 70s, classic Doctor Who might be a tough nut for you to crack. I love "Ark in Space" and quite a few other early Tom Baker episodes are excellent as well, but to modern eyes, even one of those greats might seem a little sluggish or ridiculous with…

Jessica Jones is a little disappointing IMO. It has lots of defenders (no pun intended) here, but it spends way, way, waaaaaaay too much time on one storyline which wasn't complex enough to fill up nearly 13 episodes. There aren't really any stand-alone episodes and very few side plots to beef things up. Other than…

It's sort of gross to type it out loud, but yeah, my opinion at the time I watched it was similar to yours about Maggie Q being awfully skinny. But there were lots of cool plot twists and turns, the action was cool, and some of the questionable acting got better over time, so yes, I'd recommend it, despite not having…

Are you new around here? Can't we be free to snark on this exploitative trash without your holier-than-thou finger-wagging? Critics are supposed to criticize. Are you criticizing a critic for criticizing? I'm going to have to criticize you for criticizing a critic for criticizing.

But it's a fundamentally different dynamic. There isn't a long history of dominant, persistent claims by Americans that America is a hellscape of psychopathic murderers and rapists, but there IS a long history of xenophobic claims that those damn sleazy furriners are a bunch of rapists and murderers and scumbags and…

IMO season 1 of Luther was not bad, and worthwhile for the good acting; season 2 was fairly silly; and season 3 was fucking awful.

Are you trapped in 1999? TV shows have expanded beyond NYC and L.A. to include Louisiana, Georgia, and Seattle* now! And, uh… yeah, that's mostly it. With a couple of exceptions here and there.

Hmm, the "requiring shows to have proper ending" thing is interesting. I've heard that's why Nikita (a surprisingly good show) got its final six-episode season despite miserable ratings even by CW standards. It might also explain why Netflix doesn't stream a lot of older critically-acclaimed one-season wonders. Maybe…

Do ridiculous vampire shows count? I was surprised when I heard they make those things in the South, too. I thought every CW show had to come from Canada, but nope.